Tegan Blackbird

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Tegan has been married to his wife, Karen, for over half his life! Tegan’s family and faith are the most important things in his life. His daughter, Jordan, and her husband, Caleb, and his son, Ethan, and his wife, Lauren, can be found most weekends playing board games. His life has been changed profoundly with three grandkids coming into his life in the past several years!  He is now riding bicycle with his granddaughter, also! Tegan loves bicycling and has put on over 50,000 miles on his bike in the past 13 years. He loves solo-touring, and has explored the San Juan Islands, the North Cascades Highway, the Arizona desert, the Canadian Rockies and parts of the Midwest on his bike! He is a skilled musician and writes, records and arranges music in his home studio. He has been active in his church as a musician, teacher, young adult leader, and elder. He is also a licensed psychologist and is the co-founder of Psychological Health Affiliates a group practice of Christian therapists, which he co-founded over 35 years ago. Presently he practices independently, after founding Journey Therapy in 2020.


Get to know Tegan:

If I could cycle anywhere in the world, it would be in…
Tuscany, Italy (or maybe along the Rhine, or maybe in Ireland, or maybe…)

The person who most inspired me as a young man was…
Wayne Gunville, a mentor, musician and leader who has gone on to be with the Lord.

My best teenage memory is…
My first Keith Green concert

I am famous for…
Being an avid Packers fan!

My most embarrassing cycling moment was…
Driving three hours with two friends to bicycle Skyline Drive, only to find when we arrived that I forgot my bicycling shoes. Ugh.

My hidden talent is…
Nothing hidden. I’m an open book!

If I could change something in my past it would be…
Not waiting until I was 50 to start bicycling seriously!